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Centre provides adequate funds to Kerala for Centrally Sponsored Schemes : Union Minister Bhagwanth Khuba
Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers, New and Renewable Energy Shri Bhagwanth Khuba said that Centre is providing adequate funds to Kerala for Centrally Sponsored Schemes. The minister was reviewing the implementation of centrally sponsored schemes in the Alappuzha district. He also reviewed the various developmental projects underway in Mavelikkara LokSabha constituency.
The minister interacted with Alappuzha District Collector Shri V R Krishna Teja IAS and officials from government departments implementing various centrally sponsored schemes.
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Prime Minister's Office
PM condoles the passing away of legendary Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi expressed condolences on the passing away of legendary Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee.
In a tweet, the Prime Minister said, "Shri Soumitra Chatterjee’s death is a colossal loss to the world of cinema, cultural life of West Bengal and India. Through his works, he came to embody Bengali sensibilities, emotions and ethos. Anguished by his demise. Condolences to his family and admirers. Om Shanti."
Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
International Maritime Organization  appreciates India's decision of accession to the Hong Kong International Convention, 2009
India is committed to global best practices and standards of ship recycling: Shri Mansukh Mandaviya
International Maritime Organization , during its ongoing 31st session in London, UK has highly appreciated India's decision of accession to the Hong Kong International Convention, 2009. Compliments of the Secretary General IMO were officially conveyed to High Commission of India at London.
Hong Kong Convention 2009 is not yet in force, but, with India's accession, the first of the three conditions for the Convention's entry into force has now been fulfilled.
Acknowledging this, the Minister of State for Shipping and Chemical & Fertilizers Shri Mansukh Mandaviya has said, “An appreciation from the IMO is a testimony of India’s commitment to the global standards of Ship recycling. We are committed to the global best practices and aspire to become a role model in ship recycling industry.”
Recently, the cabinet committee on economic affairs  approved India's accession to the Hong Kong Convention on Hong Kong International Convention for Ship Recycling, which will help in providing boost to the ship- recycling industry in India.
The International Maritime Organization  adopted the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships in 2009. This is aimed at ensuring that ships being recycled after reaching the end of their operational lives do not pose any unnecessary risks to human health, safety and the environment.
Ministry of Tribal Affairs
National Tribal Policy
Ministry of Tribal Affairs had prepared a draft National Tribal Policy in 2006. This became out of context in view of certain legislative and policy changes and these necessitated further revision of the draft policy. Meanwhile, a High Level Committee  was constituted on 14.08.2013 to prepare a position paper on socio-economic status of STs and suggest a way forward. The Committee submitted its Report on 29.05.2014 which contains 108 recommendations cutting across various Central Ministries/Departments as well as State Governments. The recommendations were forwarded to Central Ministries/Departments of Govt. of India and State Governments to furnish their views/comments which are still awaited. Thus the recommendations of the HLC are under consideration of the Government and no time frame has been fixed.
This information was given by Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Smt. Renuka Singh Saruta in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Heavy Industries
Nitin Gadkari inaugurates NuGen Mobility Summit-2019
Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways and Micro,Small and Medium Enterprises , Nitin Gadkari inaugurated NuGen Mobility Summit-2019 today at International Center of Automotive Technology , Manesar in Haryana.
Nitin Gadkari congratulated ICAT for organizing the event the relevant topics of alternate fuel systems and E-Mobility. He also reiterated the importance of combining agricultural sector with the automobile sector and said that bio –diesel can change the fate of both the agriculture and auto industry by decreasing its dependence on fossil fuels and agricultural base of the country by supporting in production of non-edible oil for bio diesel. He also assured the automotive industry about the importance that the government gives to them and is keen to support the industry through effective policies.
The three-day conference is the largest automotive technology event in the country so far. Automotive technology experts from 15 countries including India will be presenting more than 120 technical research papers in this event. This conference will be held from November 27 to 29, 2019 at the ICAT Centre in Manesar.
On this occasion, Director of the ICAT, Dinesh Tyagi stated that the NuGen Mobility Summit 2019 is the first in a series of the conference organized by ICAT. Dinesh Tyagi stated that its benefits will be found in finding suitable alternative to IC engine running for about 125 years in the country and the world. He said that the focus is on developing new technological solutions according to global requirements.
Keeping in mind that New Generation Mobility shall be Green, safe and affordable, the theme of this event has been setup around new generation topics like e-mobility, Hydrogen Mobility, Connected Vehicles and ITS. More than 200 companies producing vehicles and components will display their products in the exhibition.
The Conference will also host live test demonstrations, training sessions, panel discussion and test track demonstrations. During the conference, future vehicle technologies such as connected mobility, autonomous vehicles, electric mobility, alternative fuels, intelligent transportation systems, hydrogen fuel cells, hydrogen IC engines, vehicle dynamics, advanced materials and laboratories associated with light weighting and re-cycling Trials will also be shown.
The International Center of Automotive Technology , Manesar is a division of NATRIP Implementation Society  under the Department of Heavy Industries, Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, Government of India.
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Col Rajyavardhan Rathore Launches All India Radio Streaming Services on Amazon Alexa Smart Speakers
Indian Diaspora Around the World Will Benefit From this Initiative: Col. Rathore
Union Minister of State  for Information & Broadcasting and Sports & Youth Affairs Col. Rajyavardhan Rathore  launched All India Radio’s Streaming Services on Amazon’s Alexa Smart Speakers here today. Chairman Prasar Bharati Shri A Surya Prakash, CEO Prasar Bharati Dr Shashi Shekhar Vempati, Shri Rajiv Sawhney, Principal Tech Business Development, Amazon Alexa  and other senior officials of the Ministry were also present at the event.
Speaking on the occasion, Col Rathore said that Services like Amazon Alexa have eased the life of a person. Launching of All India Radio’s Streaming Services on Amazon’s Alexa platform would be a synergy of Old and Modern forms of Communication. He also said that this initiative will benefit Indian diaspora around the world. Now anyone from any part of the world can listen to the programmes in All India Radio.
Shri Surya Prakash informed that playlist of archival assets of All India Radio will also be made available in Alexa platform in the future.
Shri Rajiv Sawhney said that voice is the future of communication with the devices around us. Voice is everywhere and already 390 million people around the world are using voice based communication and this would almost triple to 1.83 billion people in the next 3 years.
Background:
Vividh Bharati and 14 other regional language streaming services of All India Radio will be streamed on Amazon Alexa. Archival assets of All India Radio will be made available in Amazon Alexa in near future. All India Radio will get an additional platform for global and domestic audiences and will cover all the shadow areas of the terrestrial broadcasting in the regional, headquarters and metro cities in particular. Alexa would supplement All India Radio’s website and App.
Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
Visakhapatnam Smart City Operations Centre functions round the clock for Covid-19 management
Operations Centre carries out tracking, monitoring and awareness generation activities
The Smart City Operations Centre of Visakhapatnam operates 24x7 in three shifts to manage COVID 19. Following tasks are performed in this centre:
- Announcement of cautionary measures and information related to COVID 19 through Public Announcements Systems installed across 90 locations in the city.
- COVID-19 information disseminated through digital signboards  installed at 10 key locations across the city.
- Surveillance system  monitors important areas and key junctions.
- Covid Helpdesk/Contact center at COC traces and monitors foreign returned citizens in coordination with CMOH & DMOH on day to day basis. The helpdesk/contact center is functional 24x7 to coordinate with line departments like public health, city and district level officers from time to time.
- A toll free number set-up at COC to answer emergency calls and follows up with line departments accordingly.
- A mobile application developed to trace and map all foreign returnees. Based on the information received through the mobile application, cluster mapping and high risk colour coding map was digitized wherein category wise clusters were formed i.e 0-14, 15- 28 & above 28 days were identified using GIS in COC. Random samples were also collected based on the above analysis by District administration.
- A mobile application is developed for survey of containment cluster by field level ANM/ASHA/VOLUNTEER in identified positive areas.
- The 20 Rapid Response Teams  formed in Visakhapatnam and these teams are being tracked through the Mobile tabs fixed in respective team Ambulances.
- An RRT application was developed wherein all the doctors of the respective teams are uploading the details of the suspects/Citizens attended from the field directly. The same is monitored real time by COC and Concerned Committees.
- 4 Mobile teams formed for sample collection for symptomatic citizens. The teams are being monitored through COC through mobile Tab based tracking. Further the concerned doctors submit details of the citizens through mobile application on real time basis.
- Door to Door survey by Volunteers is monitored and reports placed before concerned committee in-charges regularly.
- A mobile application being developed to monitor the activities like bleaching and other sanitation activities in containment areas by the public health wing.
- Essential and Grocery vendor details circulated through Social media. Dedicated help desk numbers 0891- 2869106, 2869110 circulated to attend any grievance related to essential & grocery issues.
- Cautionary messages/information published through social media platforms like Twitter/Facebook
Prime Minister's Office
PM greets people of Tripura on their Statehood Day
Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has greeted the people of Tripura on their Statehood Day.
“Tripura is blessed with a glorious history and industrious youngsters, whose aspirations we are committed to fulfilling”, the Prime Minister said.
Prime Minister's Office
PM greets people of Karnataka on Karnataka Rajyotsava
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has greeted the people of Karnataka on the occasion of Karnataka Rajyotsava.
In a tweet, the Prime Minister said;
"Best wishes on the special occasion of Karnataka Rajyotsava. Karnataka has made a special mark due to the innovative zeal of its people. The state is at the forefront of outstanding research and enterprise. May Karnataka scale newer heights of success in the times to come."
Prime Minister's Office
PM condoles the demise of TT champion Vishwa Deenadayalan
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has expressed deep grief over the demise of TT champion, Vishwa Deenadayalan. Shri Modi said that Vishwa Deenadayalan was admired by fellow players and had distinguished himself in several competitions.
In a tweet, Prime Minister said;
"The demise of TT champion Vishwa Deenadayalan is shocking and saddening. He was admired by fellow players and had distinguished himself in several competitions. In this tragic hour my thoughts are with his family and friends. Om Shanti."
Ministry of Tourism
Ministry of Tourism endeavors to position India as a preferred tourism destination in the tourism generating markets to increase India's share in global tourism market
As per provisional data received from Bureau of Immigration, the Foreign Tourist Arrivals  in India during January to April 2023 reached 79% of FTAs during the same period in 2019. The Ministry of Tourism endeavors to position India as a preferred tourism destination in the tourism generating markets to promote various tourism products and destinations and to increase India’s share in the global tourism market. The objectives are met through an integrated marketing and promotional strategy and a synergized campaign in association with the Travel Trade, State Governments and Indian Missions overseas.
The promotional activities include participation in Travel Fairs and Exhibitions; advertising in the local print, electronic and outdoor media; organizing Road Shows, India Evenings, Seminars & workshops; organizing and supporting Indian food and cultural festivals; offering brochure support to tour operators, and joint advertising/joint promotions with airlines, tour operators and other organizations etc. In order to boost visitor arrival Ministry of Tourism, Government of India has declared “Incredible India! Visit India Year 2023”.
Ministry of Tourism, Government of India participated in the major international Travel fairs and Exhibitions in important tourist generating markets in the world as well as in emerging and potential markets to showcase and promote the tourism products of the country. These included WTM 2022 in London, FITUR 2023 in Madrid and ITB 2023 in Berlin.
The Ministry of Tourism had a B2B meetings with Tour Operators, Travel Agents and various other stakeholders and organized the press meet to apprise the travel media of India’s preparedness to welcome international tourists post pandemic. To facilitate the networking of travel trade, India Evenings were also organized during our participation. Further, India pavilion showcased varied tourism products of India including culture, heritage and niche tourism products such as cuisine, wellness, yoga, wildlife and luxury etc.
The Ministry of Tourism has been working very closely with Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of External Affairs for easing of the Visa Regime in the country. e-Visa scheme is now available to the nationals of 166 countries and it is available in following five categories:
- e-Tourist Visa,
- e-Business Visa,
- e-Medical Visa,
- e-Conference Visa and
- e-Medical Attendant Visa
e-Visa is valid for entry through 29 designated Airports and 5 designated seaports.
This reply was given by Minister of Tourism Shri G.Kishan Reddy in Rajya Sabha today in a written reply.
Ministry of Railways
Clarification about an advertisement by a private agency in a newspaper regarding alleged recruitment in eight categories of posts on Indian Railways.
Advertisement for any Railway recruitment is always done by Indian Railways ONLY. No private agency has been authorized to do the same.
The said issuance of said advertisement in question is illegal and tantamounts to fraud.
Railways to initiate strict against the agency.
It has come to notice of Ministry of Railways that one organization by name of “Avestran Infotech” having website address www.avestran.in has given an advertisement in a prominent news paper on 8th August 2020 calling for applications against a total number of 5285 number of post in eight categories on outsourcing basis on Indian Railways on 11 years contract. The applicants have been asked to deposit Rs.750/-as online fee and last date for receipt of applications has been mentioned as 10th Sept.2020.
It may be informed to all that Advertisement for any Railway recruitment is always done by Indian Railways ONLY. No private agency has been authorized to do the same. The said issuance of said advertisement in question is illegal.
In this connection, it is also clarified that the recruitment of various categories of Group ‘C’ and erstwhile Group ‘D’ posts on Indian Railways is presently catered to by 21 Railway Recruitment Boards  and 16 Railway Recruitment Cell  only and not by any other agency. Vacancies on Indian Railways are filled up by giving wide publicity through Centralized Employment Notifications . Railways
On-line applications are called for from eligible candidates all over the country. CEN is published through Employment News/Rozgar Samachar and an indicative notice is given in National Daily and Local Newspapers. The CEN is also displayed on the official websites of RRBs/RRCs. The website address of all RRBs/RRCs is mentioned in the CEN.
It is further clarified that the Railways have not authorized any private agency as yet to do the recruitment of staff on its behalf as alleged by the above named agency.
Railways has initiated it's investigation and is going on to take strictest action as per law against the above agency/persons involved in above matter.DJN/MKV
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Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment will inaugurate virtually 9 Model District Disability Centre 
The virtual inauguration of 9 Model DDRCs- 4 DDRCs of Badaun, Rampur, Bareilly, Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh, 1DDRC in Golaghat , 1DDRC in Kullu , 1 DDRC in Balaghat , 1 DDRC in Amravati , 1DDRC in Ahmedabad  is scheduled to take place at 11.00 am on 18 September 2022 by the Union Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment along with the presence of Secretary, DEPwD.
Objective: To strengthen DDRCs and conversion of these DDRCs into Model DDRCs at their existing locations to provide effective and qualitative rehabilitation services to PwDs.
Expected Outcome: Model DDRCs, with increased equipments and rehabilitation professionals and better basic infrastructure, will be expected to provide a paradigm shift in approach towards the services offered to the persons with disabilities.
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Applications invited for various contractual posts
Thiruvananthapuram : 15 May 2023
Applications are invited for the posts of Teacher, Ayah etc. in Montessori School, CRPF Group Centre, Pallipuram, Thiruvananthapuram . The appointment will be on temporary contractual basis for a period of 11 months . Interview will be held on 29th May 2023 at 10 AM. Applications should be sent by post to DIGP, GC,CRPF,Pallipuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Pin- 695316 before 20th May 2023. “Application for the Post of Nursery / KG Teacher and Ayah in CRPF, Montessori School, Pallipuram” should be written on the envelope. Attested copies of educational /Experience Certificate, Aadhaar along with mobile number etc. should be submitted along with the application.
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Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying
Yoga program of Ministry of Fisheries, Animal husbandry and Dairying
Program under Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav
The Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying is organizing Yoga Countdown Program on 9th May 2022 as precursor to the International Day of Yoga  2022, on June 21st 2022. Towards commemorating the 75 glorious years of India's Independence, this is one of the efforts by the Department of Fisheries to celebrate ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’.
The first from a series of inaugural events is to be inaugurated by Shri Parshottam Rupala, Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying on 9th May at Porbandar, Gujarat. A team of officers from the Department and field offices led by Fisheries Secretary Shri J.N. Swain shall accompany the Minister at the event. Parallel to this, Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan, Minister of State, Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying and Dr. L. Murugan, Minister of State  will inaugurate the countdown events at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh and Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu, respectively.
More than 1000 people including Fish Farmers, Fishers, fisheries allied industries, and civil society organizations and other stakeholders in the Fisheries ecosystem, Government officials and local people including youth and women will physically participate in the countdown YOGA events at all the locations while many other people will join virtually. Ahead of the International Day of Yoga  scheduled on 21st June 2022, this countdown program aims to create wider outreach and awareness across the country on the importance of Yoga in everyday life and motivate everyone to practice it for holistic development and wellness. UNESCO has also listed Yoga as intangible world heritage.
Ministry of Railways
Indian Railways to continue running the trains as per demand
Presently, Indian Railways is running total 1402 specials train services on an average per day
Total 5381 Suburban services and 830 Passenger train services are also operational
Indian Railways transported Highest ever loading of 1232.64 Million Tonnes  in the financial year 2020-21
Indian Railways will continue to provide trains services as per demand. Presently, Indian Railways is running total 1402 specials train services on an average per day. Total 5381 Suburban train services and 830 Passenger train services are also operational. Apart from this, 28 special trains are being operated as clones of highly patronized trains with high patronage.
Moreover, additional trains are being run during April-May 2021 to clear rush in Central Railway with 58 trains  and Western Railway with 60 trains . These trains are for destinations having high demand like Gorakhpur, Patna, Darbhanga, Varanasi, Guwahati, Barauni, Prayagraj, Bokaro, Ranchi and Lucknow etc.
It may also be noted that in the freight transportation, Indian Railways transported Highest ever loading of 1232.64 Million Tonnes  in the financial year 2020-21. The Freight Revenue of Indian Railways was Rs 1,17,386 Cr  for the financial year 2020-21 compared to Rs 1,13,897 Cr during 2019-20. Indian Railways also doubled the speed of Freight Trains to 44 kmph from 24 kmph in previous year.
It is worth mentioning that 450 Kisan Rail services were run since August 2020 transported over 1.45 lakh Tonnes of agricultural produce & perishables.